The ST Book (also written as STBook) is a notebook-sized laptop released in October 1991 by Atari Corporation.[4] It is based on the Atari STE. The ST Book is more portable than the previous Atari portable, the STacy, but it sacrifices several features in order to achieve this: notably the backlight, and internal floppy disc drive. [verification needed]
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| Developer | Tracey Hall (Designer) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Atari Corporation |
| Type | Laptop (Notebook) |
| Release date | October 1991 |
| Discontinued | 1993 |
| Units shipped | 1000-1200 |
| Operating system | Atari TOS 2.06 (modified) |
| CPU | Motorola 68HC000 @ 8 MHz[1] |
| Memory | RAM: 1 MiB on board, can be expanded to 4 MiB ROM: 512 KiB |
| Storage | Hard disk: 40/80/120 MB 2.5" IDE[2] Floppy disk: optional external drive |
| Display | 10.4" passive matrix LCD (EPSON) |
| Graphics | 640×400 1-bit mono |
| Power | 7 AA batteries Optional extra: Rechargeable NiCad battery pack (up to 10 hours power) AC Adapter (110/220 V switchable)[3] |
| Dimensions | 8.5 in × 11.4 in × 1.4 in (216 mm × 290 mm × 36 mm) |
| Mass | 4.2 pounds (1.9 kg) |
| Predecessor | STacy |
The screen is highly reflective. It supports the 640×400 1-bit mono mode only without an external video port. It gained some popularity as being the most utterly portable full-featured computer of the day (slim, light, quiet, reliable, and with a long battery life, even by modern standards for all 5).
The ST Book is shipped with a modified version of TOS 2.06.
Model number: NST-141
- Blitter
- Character set: Atari ST character set (based on code page 437)
- Real-time clock Lithium Battery
- Parallel: 1 port
- Serial: 1 port
- ACSI/FDD: 1 port
- MIDI: 2 ports
- External keyboard
- Internal Modem: optional (used for this model's expansion port)
- Vector Pad
References
edit- ^ a b "Atari STBook Brochure". Classic Computer Brochures. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ Opening the Atari ST Book, AtariForumWiki
- ^ "Personal Computers :: ST Book". Atari Explorer.[dead link]
- ^ "Atari shows off STBook". Computergram International. GlobalData. October 29, 1991 – via Gale.
External links
edit- The Atari STBook Laptop[dead link]
- Atari ST Book[dead link], OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Museum
- Atari ST Book Practical Performance, 1993
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